18 He does not allow me to recover my breath,for he fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one!And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’
20 Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me;although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
21 I am blameless. I do not know myself.I despise my life.
22 “It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’
23 If a scourge brings sudden death,he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
24 If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man,he covers the faces of its judges;if it is not he, then who is it?